While that’s the lowest opening stateside in the Cars series, it should be noted that this movie typically plays younger, evident in its G-rating (that’s why they call it a handholder pic, because the kids that attend need their hands held by their parents) versus the PG-fare of other Pixar films which also play to adults, with clever humor and/or big sociological or philosophical themes (i.e. Wall-E, Inside Out). The latter has more breadth at the B.O.

Seventy-five percent of Cars 3‘s attendees were families, per Disney. ComScore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak drills down to show 54% kids to 17% parents in attendance with those under 7 repping 19% of the kid population. Twenty percent were between the ages of 10-12, while those between 7-9 repped 14%.

Nonetheless, as we mentioned previously, Cars 3 is about Disney continually upholding a brand through all of its ancillaries, and in this case one which is fully propped by $10 billion-plus in global merchandising sales. It’s essential for the studio to continually play Cars to each new generation of kids.

“This is a very important franchise for the company. The story and new characters are very gratifying and it’s exciting to have a new generation of Cars fans,” said Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis this morning.

Cars 3 marks the 18th straight A CinemaScore for a Pixar movie. Disney is very encouraged by the pic’s exit polls, Cars 3‘s CinemaScore being an improvement on the previous sequel’s A-, not to mention the threequel’s reviews are better. Parents love the movie too, and the studio hopes they’ll continue to champion the film and reign in business. Cars generated the biggest multiple and stateside gross in the trilogy with a 4x off its $60.1M opening and a final of $244M off its A score. Cars 2 had a 2.89 multiple off its $66.1M debut for a final of $191.45M. Illumination/Universal’s threequel Despicable Me 3 arrives in 12 days with an expected three-day of $85M-$90M. Again that’s a different type of animated film that appeals to a much older crowd with its belly laugh, in-your-face comedy.

Warner Bros. is reporting Wonder Womanwith a $40.77M third weekend, which as we mentioned earlier is the second best third weekend ever for the studio behind 2008’s Dark Knight ($42.66M) and far ahead of Batman v. Superman ($23.3M) and Suicide Squad ($20.9M). Saturday was up a huge 45% over Friday for $15.8M. Wonder Woman looks to count $274.6M by the end of today, and she’s still counting the lion’s share of female business, slowing down other female-skewing titles like Sony’s misfire Rough Nightwhich fell 16% for $2.8M on its way to an industry-estimated $8.05M opening in 7th place (even Pirates of the Caribbean wound up outpegging the R-rated comedy).

Gal Gadot’s husband Jaron Varsano tweeted out this photo on Instagram over the weekend about his Wonder Woman:

A post shared by JaronVarsano (@jaronvarsano) on Jun 15, 2017 at 11:45am PDT

Lionsgate’s Codeblack Film’s All Eyez On Mewas front-loaded on Friday due to Tupac Shakur’s birthday seeing an opening day of $12.9M. The industry got very excited and started projecting an opening weekend that was well north of $30M. Lionsgate always had a sense that the movie’s fate lied in the mid $20M range, and that’s what we’re apt to see with a three-day at $27M in 3rd place after a Saturday that was -40% from Friday with $7.7M. Still that weekend number is very good, and above the tracking which everyone was seeing last week which was between $15M-$22M.

Lionsgate

There was an unprecedented amount of advance ticket sales for this movie. Straight Outta Compton by comparison had a bulk of walk-up business. Codeblack agreed to handle the movie back in January and following the trailer for All Eyez On Me at CinemaCon, exhibitors started phoning Lionsgate.

“Our style of marketing is that we try to event-ize our properties as best we can. We selected Tupac Shakur’s birthday as the release date given the event nature around that and we took the opportunity to engage his fanbase through social media. We had a strategic campaign to engage in one or two clicks; social media provides a way of purchasing tickets quickly,” said Quincy Newell, EVP of Codeblack about marketing All Eyez on Me straight to Tupac’s fanbase.

We detailed in the previous post the uphill battle Morgan Creek faced in getting All Eyez on Me to the screen. Landing the music rights via the Shakur family was key, and it’s not an easy feat for these movies. Typically the estate insists on having some kind of creative input, and that can curb a truly candid story from being told. All Eyez on Me has its fans, i.e. F. Gary Gray, Sean Combs, and Shakur’s former manager Atron Gregory, but like any of these musical biopics (read Lifetime’s Whitney) there’s a divide among those who were close with the artist, and in this case, it’s Jada Pinkett Smith who starred with Tupac on an episode of the TV series A Different World.

Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.

Entertainment Studios is calling the weekend opening for 47 Meters Down at $11.5M. Mandy Moore’s This Is Us halo and the fact that this is a shark genre are what’s winning here. “We are very happy with our first wide release. The movie is perfect for the summer, and an absolute crowd-pleaser as indicated by our outstanding per-screen average,” said Entertainment Studios Founder, Chairman and CEO Byron Allen this morning. Talking to Deadline, Allen added, “Our philosophy over at Entertainment Studios is to feed the audience, not to chase the audience which is apropos to our first movie being a shark movie.”

47 Meters Down is in a slightly better financial position than Rough Night. While Rough Night cost $20M, and has a domestic P&A spend around $35M, 47 Meters Down carried an estimated P&A of $30M, with only a seven digit acquisition cost (not high single digits) and has the extra benefit of being a genre title. On Rentrak heading into the weekend, 47 Meters Down was leading among females under 25 for new wide releases.

Sony

It’s fine for Wonder Woman to kick WWI German guys’ butts, and OK for two sisters to battle sharks in 47 Meters Down, but the line is drawn for women to kill a stripper, hence the results of Rough Night. Many in town believe that’s the No. 1 thing that put off audiences, despite the glitzy package of Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon and Ilana Glazer starring in a movie by Broad City EPs Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs. Even more so — Rough Night generates divided laughs. People were laughing at a promo screening last week in Hollywood, while anecdotally, at a Thursday night screening, the trailer for Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell’s The House drew more laughs. Yes, there’s too many party-hardy movies, but it’s also about positioning and Rough Night looked like a watered-down version of The Hangover versus STX’s Bad Moms, which was a more tangible concept that connected with older women. And reviews at 50% Rotten do not help Rough Night one bit.

Studio-reported figures for Father’s Day weekend, June 16-18 as of Sunday AM:

4th writethru, Saturday AM: It’s a no brainer that Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3 is leading at the box office, but the more interesting tale this weekend is the counter-programming, specifically Lionsgate Codeblack/Morgan Creek’s Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me which has willed itself to existence on the big screen after six years and four director attachments to finally open on the late rapper’s 46th birthday, taking a third place of $31.2M.

All Eyez on Me is also benefiting from its play in 200 premium large format theaters, which is included in its overall 2,471 theater count.

It doesn’t look like All Eyez On Me will defeat Warner Bros./DC’s Wonder Woman for second place,now estimated at an eye-popping $40M, a 32% dip. Nonetheless, All Eyez on Me‘s bigger story is how it’s blowing its $15M-$22M projections away.

By the way, in regards to Wonder Woman, that’s the second best third weekend haul ever for a Warner Bros. movie after The Dark Knight ($42.6M). By the end of tomorrow, Wonder Woman with an estimated $273.8M will be pacing 4% ahead of Suicide Squad which ended its domestic run at $325M.

Disney

Cars 3‘s Friday has simmered down to an estimated $19.6M (including Thursday night’s $2.8M) putting its weekend debut at $51.8M. That lower figure can obviously be attributed to threequel-itis, however, the big picture on all these Cars movies is its merchandising revenue which continues to swell with each installment. Current estimates figure that Cars retail sales stand well north of $10 billion. Audiences loved Cars 3 with an A CinemaScore, which is more than Cars 2 (A-) and as much as Cars (A). That grade marks the 18th A CinemScore in a row for Pixar. There’s a lot of business to be had here from Saturday matinees and Father’s Day Sunday.

Entertainment Studios

Meanwhile, in a reversal of fortune between a major studio and an indie, Sony’s R-rated Scarlett Johansson comedy ensemble Rough Nighthas been pulled underwater by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios’ Mandy Moore shark thriller 47 Meters Down, $8.7M to $10.7M. Who would have thought? Audiences loathe both titles giving 47 Meters Down a C CinemaScore, and Rough Night a C+. PostTrak isn’t any better with both movies respectively landing notorious 55% and 66% positive scores.

Fandango had a keen sense that All Eyez on Me was going to blow past its tracking estimates when advance ticket sales began picking up closer to the film’s release date. On Thursday and Friday, All Eyez on Me was the No. 2 ticket seller behind Cars 3 on Fandango.All Eyez is a review-proof movie, something we don’t see that often in the Rotten Tomatoes era (24% Rotten), with audiences embracing the Tupac movie with an A- CinemaScore and an 82% positive score on Screen Engine/ComScore’s PostTrak. Fifty-four percent of All Eyez audience were men with 68% over 25. African Americans repped 47% of the audience, Hispanics 25% and Caucasians 19%. The buzz among audiences is actor Demetrius Shipp Jr.’s uncanny resemblance to the real Tupac.

Lionsgate

To recap All Eyez On Me‘s climb: Morgan Creek announced back in Feb. 2011 that they were developing and financing a Tupac Shakur movie after settling with Amaru Entertainment (the label founded by Tupac’s late mother, Afeni Shakur) to get the rapper’s life rights. Antoine Fuqua was set to direct off a script by Steven Bagatourian, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson. Production was to begin in Sept. 2013 with Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films financing and co-producing the $45M production cost. Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft were then attached to write the latest draft.

All of this said, Emmett/Furla/Oasis didn’t ultimately fund 50% of the movie, while Morgan Creek didn’t sign the long form of their Open Road domestic deal. Overall, we hear that it was difficult to find a distributor for this film. Morgan Creek was on ticking time clock to make the movie before the end of 2015 or else the music rights would revert back to Afeni Shakur. Even more pressure: Universal’s N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton came out in August 2015 and was an immediate hit amassing $201.6M worldwide. By late November 2015, Morgan Creek selected music video director Benny Boom as the director for the Tupac biopic. Production began in Atlanta in mid-December 2015 and lasted through April 2016 in Las Vegas.

Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films, which has a P&A deal here on All Eyez on Me, launched the teaser trailer on John Wick 2 back in February. The distributor worked with the City of Oakland to have June 16, 2017 declared Tupac Day in celebration of the movie’s opening. Pic is receiving widespread praise from the talent community including Straight Outta Compton and Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, Chance The Rapper, Sean Combs, The Game, 2 Chains, Digital Underground’s Money B and Tupac’s former manager Atron Gregory.

Through its targeted social marketing campaign, Codeblack gathered a pool of 40M highly engaged fans who were the focus of the label’s efforts to drive ticket sales for opening weekend. RelishMix weighs All Eyez on Me‘s social media universe across Facebook, Twitter, Instragram and YouTube views at 100.2M, double a typical drama’s social count which is close to 49M. On Thursday night there were simultaneous promotional screenings held in 28 markets. Each screening included a host and celebrity/social media influencers including Ed Lover, Jeezy, Demetrius Shipp, Jr. Bun B, Benny Boom, 2 Live Crew’s Uncle Luke, and Sway

Sony

It would seem that the confluence of Scarlett Johansson, SNL star Kate McKinnon, and a script by Broad City EPs Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs for a $20M budgeted R-rated comedy would be the quintessential greenlight for any major studio. That’s quite a deal and Sony believed there was potential in Aniello and Downs’ script; that’s why they won it out in a bidding war two years ago.

So, why then is Rough Night having it so tough?

RelishMix’s observation of the negative social chatter: “Moviegoers are confused by the comedy element of actually killing a man – ‘where’s the joke?’, they ask.” No kidding, because many blame Rough Night‘s black comedy set-up of stripper killing as its primary hurdle in hooking more crowds. Not to mention, the whole party hardy movie comedy subgenre has overstayed its welcome at the B.O. in the wake of The Hangover with Neighbors 2: SororityRising ($55.4M)and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates ($46M domestic) both tanking last year. Rough Night‘s 53% Rotten Tomatoes score isn’t unfair: The movieis bogged down in cliche, has a manatee’s comedic pace, and feels like an also-ran hybrid of Bridesmaids meets Weekend at Bernie’s.

Rough Night will not leg out because it’s nothing special that female audiences haven’t seen before. Despite the low production cost of $20M, many estimate the pic’s P&A at $35M, and this start doesn’t spell for a breakeven situation down the road. Sony was hoping to profit here in the way that they did with such low budget fare as Don’t Breathe, The Shallows and Sausage Party last summer, but Rough Night isn’t it. On to Baby Driver which currently is floating a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score off 24 reviews. In regards to Johansson’s overseas star power rescuing Rough Night abroad, that’s not definite. As a comedy, Rough Night needs to work in the U.S./Canada first and foremost since the genre at best can only be counted on for 50% of its domestic haul at the overseas box office. Rough Night is also hurt by the fact that Wonder Woman continues to remain the prevailing choice among females. Rough Night is also losing some younger females to 47 Meters Down. Both titles are pulling in close to a third of all women under 25, though Rough Night has more older females (38%) than 47 Meters Down (23%). CinemaScore also shows a slight overlap between both titles for older women: 47 Meters Down with 57% women, 51% over 25; and Rough Night with 69% female, 80% over 25.

CinemaScore also shows that women were nicer on Rough Night than guys (69% gave it a B-), while 32% turned up because of Johansson. That’s just under the 39% who bought tickets to watch the actress in the disaster Ghost in the Shell, and that even made more during opening weekend with $18.7M. By comparison, 35% of those moviegoers watching 47 Meters Down went because of Mandy Moore and Claire Holt.

By comparison, rivals are more impressed by 47 Meters Down. They expected that movie, which Entertainment Studios picked up from Dimension for seven digits last summer, to completely bomb in the low single digit range. “They will likely make a few bucks at the end of the day,” remarked one rival studio executive Friday night about Entertainment Studios’ prospects with 47 Meters Down.

Focus Features

Focus Features also has Colin Trevorrow’s child drama The Book of Henry out in 579 theaters about a genius kid who learns that something’s up with his girl friend’s stepfather next door, and aims to solve the problem. At one point, the label was considering an awards run for this, but then realized it didn’t have the goods. Critics have piled on top of the movie saying Henry is a manipulative weepie that’s a watered-down version of Spielberg movies (25% Rotten). Those bad reviews are slowing this pic’s traction among older audiences with a $1.65M opening. Focus fared better with The Zookeeper’s Wife which made $3.3M at a similar amount of theaters, 521, earlier this spring.

Weekend box office for June 16-18 per industry estimates on Saturday AM:

2nd Update, 12:38PM: Disney’s Cars 3will lead today with an estimated $21M based off of matinees, which is higher than the $19.7M that 2006’s Cars made on day one and just under the $25.7m that Cars 2 deposited. One industry estimate sees the Pixar film at $57.5M, but with Saturday matinees and Father’s Day, plus its fresh reviews, it won’t be a surprise to see Cars 3 pace past $60M.

Lionsgate Codeblack/Morgan Creek’sAll Eyez on Meis very strong and could send Wonder Womanto the No. 3 spot for the weekend. Both are respectively at $35M and $37.5M as of right now, but the notion is that the Tupac Shakur movie could pull ahead. Most of tracking saw All Eyez in the low $20M for the weekend, but one rival major studio’s estimates saw the film at $25M-$30M given the pic’s momentum in advance ticket sales. Those projections were considered to be too aggressive, but now they’re more than a reality. Today is Tupac’s birthday (he would have been 46) and Lionsgate is wisely harnessing the rapper’s fanbase by opening All Eyez today.

Entertainment Studios

There’s also a draw at the weekend box office between Entertainment Studios’ 47 Meters Down and Sony’sRough Night which are each looking at between $10M-$11M over three-days per industry estimates. The Mandy Moore-Claire Holt-Matthew Modine shark thriller is slightly ahead of the Scarlett Johansson romp film, $4.25M to $4M today. 47 Meters Down made more than Rough Night last night, $735K to $700K, and those figures are rolled into both titles opening day figures. Reviews for 47 Meters Down have settled down in the 54% Rotten range. 47 Meters Down has the added benefit of being a PG-13 genre film, which is an easy grab for those younger women who may not be able to get into Rough Night auditoriums.

1st Update, 8:12AM: Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films/Morgan Creek’s All Eyez on Meled all films previewing last night with $3.1M. The pic was in play in 2,000 theaters and expands to 2,471 today.

The Tupac Shakur biopic directed by Benny Boom has been a hot ticket in advance sales, ultimately ranking as the second for Fandango yesterday, and remaining in that spot today. The $40M financed movie from Morgan Creek is expected to gross between $20M-$23M. One comp being used here is Think Like a Man Too which made $1.8M on its Thursday night before opening to $29.2M for the weekend. All Eyez on Me is a P&A deal for Lionsgate, meaning they put up the P&A and would recoup a little more of the backend (versus a service deal whereby a distributor gets a fee). Voltage handled foreign sales on All Eyez on Me.

Disney/Pixar

Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3began its weekend last night with $2.8M, a figure that’s above the preview cash for Monsters University ($2.6M) and just under Inside Out ($3.7M). Early tracking during the week had Cars 3 in the high $50M-low $60M, which on the high end would park it near the openings of its predecessors, Cars ($60.1M) and Cars 2 ($66.1M). Off its preview night, Monsters University, which was rated G just like Cars 3, went on to make $30.5M in its first day and a massive $82.4M opening. Father’s Day on Sunday is a big money moviegoing time for Pixar, and they typically program their releases around it. Cars 3 has better reviews (62% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) than Cars 2 (39% Rotten), but is still under the 74% certified fresh of the original’s 2006 chapter.

Sony Pictures

Sony’s female party hardy film Rough Nightdirected and co-written by Broad City EP Lucia Aniello drew $700K last night in previews at 2,503 theaters. That’s exactly how much Warner Bros./MGM’s raunchy female comedy How to Be Single drew in its Thursday night previews and that movie went on to make $5.25M on its opening day, with an opening weekend (juiced by Valentine’s Day Sunday) of $17.8M. Sony is looking at low teens for this Scarlett Johansson ensemble comedy, others believe Rough Night is coming in between $10M-$12M. The studio made a point to keep this film on a low, strict budget with an estimated cost of $20M with a thrifty digital P&A spend. LStar Capital has a 25% stake in the film. Rough Night and How to Be Single had similar Rotten Tomatoes Scores (50% Rotten and 47% Rotten, respectively). Next to other party movies, Rough Night‘s Thursday night is beneath Bad Moms ($2M), Neighbors ($2.5M) and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ($1.67M).

The last time Disney had Pixar’s Cars 2 dominating the box office back in late June 2011, Sony counter-programmed with a female-skewing R-rated pic, Cameron Diaz’s Bad Teacher. That $20M movie actually overperformed with an opening of $31.6M and final domestic north of $100M. Reviews were even lower than Rough Night‘s at 44% Rotten, but that was at a time when the aggregate site didn’t have the power of a Roman Emperor, dictating the financial fates of movies.

Entertainment Studios’ shark thriller 47 Meters Down starring Matthew Modine, Claire Holt and Mandy Moore is debuting in 2,300 locations this weekend. Tracking has the movie in the low single digits. The Byron Allen studio acquired the Dimension title last summer for seven digits.

Warner Bros./DC’s Wonder Woman was the top film yesterday with $6M at 4,165 theaters, and a two-week running cume of $233.8M. The movie is expected to ease around 40% for a third weekend take in the neighborhood of $35.1M.

265 Comments

“…but that was at a time when the aggregate site didn’t have the power of a Roman Emperor, dictating the financial fates of movies.”

Perhaps Caesar will fall when ticket prices aren’t $17 a pop.

• on Jun 16, 2017 10:10 am

….. for a movie that is a rehash of Weekend at Bernies.

Eric • on Jun 16, 2017 2:40 pm

It really isn’t a rehash of anything. The advertising is misleading.

LethargicPlaysGames (@lethargicj) • on Jun 17, 2017 1:08 am

Sure it is. It’s a rehash of Very Bad Things. All they did was flip the sexes so instead of men accidentally killing a female stripper it’s women accidentally killing a male stripper.

Eric • on Jun 17, 2017 10:08 am

No, that is the logline, the movie veers off in a very very different direction.

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 6:58 am

It certainly sounds like a rehash of Very Bad Things. In it the guys accidentally kill a female prostitute and from there things spiral out of control. How is Rough Night different except with female leads?

Eric • on Jun 17, 2017 10:08 am

The “stripper” isn’t who he appears to be, and there is a whole subplot involving the fiance, on top of the inter-character relationships being very different.

Witness • on Jun 17, 2017 2:53 am

Try a rehash of “Very Bad Things” from 1998, starring a post-Swingers Jon Favreau and up and coming Cameron Diaz.
Both films turned out to be a complete mess despite a great ensemble cast.

michael • on Jun 16, 2017 2:39 pm

And yet ALL EYEZ ON ME, which has only a 27% score at RT, is doing huge business. So much for RT “dictating the financial fates of movies.”

• on Jun 16, 2017 3:54 pm

Film aimed directly at black audiences about one of their cultural icons. As with the Madea films, it doesn’t really matter how bad it is, it will make money.

Delfra • on Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm

You are right, but your wrong too. The reason I say that is because even though Pac is obviously big with black audiences he’s an icon and has fan base that far exceeds just black folks. That’s like saying Muhammad Ali’s fan base is strictly black which we all know is obviously not true at all. People of many races loved Tupac’s music and we’re big fans of his.

• on Jun 17, 2017 5:05 am

Your opinions will be tested in week 2.

Delfra • on Jun 17, 2017 3:31 pm

I’m not talking about the box office results, I simply said Pac is an icon period, no arguing or disputing is going to change that simple fact. There is nothing to dispute their home, facts or facts. I said 2Pac’s fan base goes way beyond just black folks, you don’t sell those many records, have that level of success and that kind of impact by just having a black audience. Think now.

Anon • on Jun 16, 2017 10:22 pm

It’s getting killed on Twitter. It will die Saturday.

Witness • on Jun 17, 2017 2:54 am

It won’t hold into next week so who cares?

TyroneQuatrell616 • on Jun 18, 2017 12:41 pm

You’re right. The whole “RT score determined box office success” is something the media flip flops on every other week depending on what is coming out. Half they time they are spitting caveats for why it’s not true.

edward palomares • on Jun 16, 2017 8:27 am

Rotten tamatoes is so bad for the industry.

charliework • on Jun 16, 2017 9:17 am

How so? When movies are awful, they get awful reviews and people tend not to see them.

Drew • on Jun 16, 2017 9:41 am

I don’t let critics decide when a movie is awful. I’ll be my own judge of a movie’s quality. And RT is bad because most people just look at the percentage next to a movie, which only tells you how many critics liked/disliked it.

milo • on Jun 16, 2017 10:25 am

People don’t let critics decide if a movie is bad. People let critics help decide if they are going to spend their money in theatres. And I’ll keep doing that until there’s a better way of having an idea if I’m wasting my money or not before seeing it.

Sammy. • on Jun 16, 2017 11:11 am

Ironically, relying less on RT and more on going yourself is the better way. But in order to gain enough experience to be able to judge whether something is interesting to you does require I suppose ‘wasting’ some money in the process of finessing your own tastes. That doesn’t all have to be in cinemas though. Rent, stream, borrow from friends as well as going to the cinema. However, since it doesn’t leave you reliant on the experiences of others aggregates together, it’s kinda money well spent in the long run.

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 7:07 am

Sammy how is going to the theater yourself better? If the movie is bad, you’ve wasted your time and $20. You can avoid the loss of $20 if you heed the advice of others. That doesn’t mean you don’t see the film for yourself. You just wait for a cheaper viewing. The OP specifically said they use RT to determine whether they waste money at the theater, they did not say they will never see the movie when a cheaper alternative presents itself.

Sammy. • on Jun 17, 2017 11:32 am

Dano48 – because I’ve learned the advice of others isn’t really always reliable. I’ve gone to see films with terrific reviews and high RT scores only to come out wondering what the acclaim is for. I’ve gone to see films with weaker reviews and RT ratings and found them personally much better than those ‘others’ are trying to tell me. Now, maybe it means (to some) my taste is lousy and in some instances they’d have a point, but, if you always use other people to determine what you’ll see, you’ll never develop your own ability to decide. It’s the binary nature of RT to separate films into ‘Fresh’ and ‘Rotten’ because it simplifies things. Most films are somewhere in between in truth. I guess I’m just old fashioned, I’d rather just go to something if it’s for some reason attracting me, and worry about whether I consider it a waste afterwards based on my own opinion. But then, I’m the same with music and restaurants.

KellenBrody • on Jun 18, 2017 3:08 pm

Exactamundo! Us hard working normal folks who live paycheck to paycheck are sick and tired of shelling out money for Hollywood’s latest uninspired empty vessels they call movies. We can sniff out a turd when we see one. On the other hand critics were giving IT COMES AT NIGHT a high score and that was one of the worst movies I’ve seen all year. Talk about a waste of money, Also celebs need to STFU about politics. Anyone surpised liberal Johansson’s lead roles have been tanking at the BO? She’s such a mediocre actress and the public have spoken with their wallets.

• on Jun 19, 2017 5:09 am

Kellen, but it’s ok for you right wingers to bring up politics every time you post here… people didn’t skip rough night because of Johansson’s politics. Did you even read this box office analysis?

Danve • on Jun 16, 2017 12:37 pm

I’ve never seen a more stupid comment on this site. Congrats.

Bad movies get reviewed poorly. That’s life. And frankly, common sense tells you if a movie is bad more than half the time before a critic opens their mouth: We all Knew Pirates 5 was going to be crap. We all knew Mummy was a dusty old idea that no one cared about. We all knew baywatch looked awful. Come on.

Reviewers have been around since the dawn of time. An aggregator simply makes it easier to see the reviews in one place.

And for the record, RT isn’t TELLING you what to see. It isn’t telling anyone what to see. It’s telling you what the reviews are. If you still want to waste $17 on an awful, dour mess like Batman V Superman after it got terrible reviews, go for it! Honestly, I went to see “Man Of Steel” knowing full well it had awful reviews, and the moment I left, I realized it was a Terrible film, and as such, the critics agreed with ME, not the other way around.

People need to stop with the anti-rottentomatoes vitriol. Want to solve bad movies failing at the box office? MAKE BETTER MOVIES.

jedijones77 • on Jun 16, 2017 8:24 pm

BVS was a fantastic movie. An aggregator creates a score that might not represent ANY individual opinion on the movie. Human beings aren’t aggregates, they are individuals. I have to laugh whenever some jackass claims he “always agrees” with Rotten Tomatoes. That is how you know someone is a complete, unthinking, knuckle-dragging moron.

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 7:17 am

jedijones77, I fail to see where the OP said he always agrees with Rotten Tomato. Since you put “always agrees” in quotes, you are presumably quoting a nonexistent statement. You then preceded to call anyone who disagrees with you as a “unthinking, knuckle-dragging moron”. (See what I did? I put something you actually said in quotes…lol). The fact that you can’t civilly disagree with someone and debate ideas, says more about you, than your insults say about others.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:40 am

Glad you liked BvS. But not only did critics hate it, it sure looks like the general public didn’t like it either considering the huge opening was followed by the single worst legs of any big opener. But keep enjoying it.

vint • on Jun 17, 2017 6:23 am

Dude! Check out the history on movies like “Citizen Kane” or (polar opposite) “It’s a Wonderful Life”, both deemed classics. Edward P is right: Rotten Tomatoes IS bad for the industry and for movies. It’s a fanboy site often driven by the whims — and group mentality — of that faction.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:50 am

RT has nothing to do with fanboys nor does it have a group mentality. Sometimes there’s general consensus but often there are big divides. The movie industry has always had published critics and the site just collects them all in one place.

Entity • on Jun 16, 2017 9:22 am

It’s only bad for bad movies.

Besides, why blame rotten tomatoes? It just collects reviews from critics. Taking rotten tomatoes away wouldn’t change anything, because people still want to know what critics have to say before spending their money. Cut off rotten tomatoes and another website will take its place (Hail HYRDA).

Before buying a $700 smartphone, or booking an expensive holiday, do you look at what other people had to say about it before spending your money? Then so why should people not do the same before spening their money on a movie?

mike • on Jun 16, 2017 11:50 am

comparing buying a phone to reviwinga movie is not the same.

An item like a phone rely on technology and how well it works and its intended purpose. reviewing a movie can rely quite a bit on the personal taste of the reviewer. Most critics do not use the same methods of reviewing a movie as before. Now anyone can be a critic and eventually be accepted as that on rotton tomatoe

Not all people use a smartphone for the same purpose. Reviewing a smartphone can rely quite a bit on the personal needs of the reviewer. Many people do not use smartphones for the same things as others (Some like games, some want a good camera, some want a big screen, some want a small screen, some just want to be able to make calls). Most people do not use the same methods of reviewing a piece of technology as before. Now anyone can start a blog or post their review and it will count towards the score on a website.

It’s up to the people reading the reviews to decide if the things the reviewer likes/dislikes match theirs. It doesn’t matter if it’s a movie or a smartphone they’re talking about. Everyone has different needs for both.

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 7:28 am

mike, isn’t a phone review relying on the personal taste of the reviewer? A phone’s function is to make calls, receive texts, and access data. Most phones have these capabilities. The reviews are based on the reviewers personal tastes of how they wish those capabilities to manifest themselves. When a reviewer claims an Android is superior to an iPhone, that’s based on their personal taste.

As far as everyone being a critic, I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Are you saying people shouldn’t share their opinions about movies, and that reviewers need to be credentialed?

Nikki • on Jun 18, 2017 3:18 pm

Phones, movies, they are all products designed to be consumed by a worldwide mass audience. You make a lousy product? It’s simple. People are not going to pay for it. Let’s face it, when I sit down and watch the 9 long & tedious movie trailers marketed to me fill throttle, I usually can tell what is quality and what is crap. Most of it is crap these days. After this summer and many more box office mega flops to come…. hopefully Hollywood will learn to make better movies what’s somewhat integrity. Lolz

Writer guy • on Jun 17, 2017 7:46 pm

RT is the devil and creates group think amongst critics. Many are scared to go against the prevailing trend on a movie. Plus there is very little diversity amongst the RT critics.

Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 18, 2017 4:37 pm

All I know is that RT said Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman were terrible, and they were, and RT said Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Dark Knight, and Wonder Woman was good, and they were some of the best movies I have ever seen.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:53 am

Bingo. An individual isn’t always going to agree with critical consensus but overall it’s a good starting point. And critics aren’t afraid to disagree with the others at all. I suspect it’s often the opposite – if most reviews are in agreement the contrarian ones are the ones that get the most attention and hits. And yes, I definitely think there are at least some critics who intentionally are the few that disagree for the sake of clickbait.

Alex Flores • on Jun 16, 2017 9:31 am

RT doesn’t review the movies you dense mfer.

milo • on Jun 16, 2017 9:51 am

“Bad movies are so bad for the industry.”

Fixed that for you.

Pam • on Jun 16, 2017 10:08 am

RT is bad for bad movies. What surprises me is that Fandango, who owns RT, puts the scores on their site, since bad scores obviously deters potential viewers from buying tickets — which must, therefore, be bad for business. Why would Fandango want to deter ticket buyers?

Spam • on Jun 16, 2017 11:48 am

I wasn’t going to see Wonder Woman as the other DC movies were so bad but I heard it was good and went. It works both ways.

Anonymous • on Jun 16, 2017 1:49 pm

Same here. There are lots of movies I would have probably skipped had they not received good reviews.

College Student • on Jun 16, 2017 7:42 pm

The only movie I’ve seen in theatres this year was ‘Get Out’, and I had that one pegged as a Wait-for-Netflix until the reviews and word-of-mouth ended up being so strong.

I don’t need RT to sjow me that The Mummy is garbage… the previews did that for me. But it’s nice that there’s a site that helps me find good movies I otherwise would have avoided.

• on Jun 16, 2017 8:26 pm

Exactly. And I’ll bet DEADPOOL wouldn’t have done nearly as well without the strong reviews it got.

Roger C. • on Jun 16, 2017 10:56 am

Rotten Tomatoes is very shady. People don’t understand the financial motivations and influences critics have for reviewing films a certain way. Rotten Tomatoes is a SMALL part of my decision on whether or not to see a movie anymore. Wonder Woman was absolutely terrible and got a great rating, while The Mummy was pretty decent and got trashed. Iron Fist also was wrongfully trashed. I’m just tired of it, something reeks.

Roger Roger • on Jun 16, 2017 11:56 am

Shady that your opinion differs from most? Yes, that must reek of conspiracy, couldn’t possibly be anything else. Don’t just go off RT, talk to some real live people and you’ll find your opinion of WW and Mummy differs from most. I’ll never understand people who are so certain of their opinion that anyone having a different one must be getting paid off.

movie fan • on Jun 16, 2017 12:12 pm

Roger….Your taste SUCKS

Danve • on Jun 16, 2017 12:38 pm

LOL. Come on man. You’re going to have to come up with better examples if you want to prove that point. The Mummy was sh*t and Iron Fist is the worst Marvel show by a MILE.

Get better taste and stop blaming RT.

milo • on Jun 16, 2017 12:56 pm

So explain to us, what are those financial motivations and influences? People constantly accuse bribes and such yet the vast majority of critics will pan some movies from a studio and praise others.

And boy do you have bad taste in movies. Just because the rest of the world doesn’t share your opinion doesn’t mean something shady is going on.

• on Jun 16, 2017 1:12 pm

Roger, you have awful taste in movies. That’s okay. Just know there isn’t a conspiracy against you.

fogi • on Jun 16, 2017 2:27 pm

Wow! What fascism is that, guys! Roger just posted his opinion and because you don’t agree, you say that his taste sucks. Maybe it is your taste that sucks?

Alex Flores • on Jun 16, 2017 10:18 pm

“fascist”

Yes, having good taste and pointing out someone’s bad taste is fascism. Good lord, you’re an idiot.

ETL • on Jun 17, 2017 5:52 pm

He didn’t post an opinion. He posted an accusation. “Critics take bribes (sorry… are influenced financially)” is an opinion the same way “Roger C. was sent to this site by Metacritic to discredit Rotten Tomatoes” is. He’s allowed to love The Mummy. I’m glad he had a good time at the movie. Tastes are tastes, and none is right or wrong because it’s personal. You either agree or disagree, that’s all.

milo • on Jun 18, 2017 11:23 am

He posted his opinion and people posted that they disagree with his opinion. Sorry but that’s not “fascism”.

His taste is certainly out of touch with the vast majority of critics and the general public. Like that better?

And I guess now that there’s no longer any chance of crashing and burning you’re trying to change the subject instead of further embarrassing yourself?

childerolandusa (@childerolandusa) • on Jun 16, 2017 3:03 pm

That’s not a conspiracy, that’s just different tastes. In the cases you mentioned, critical tastes ended up reflecting popular opinion anyway. (And I say this as someone who liked Iron Fist.)

Nikki • on Jun 18, 2017 3:21 pm

Roger. Wow just wow. I wonder what kind of bedsheets you sleep on a night. Your tastes are HORRENDOUS.

Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 18, 2017 4:40 pm

Roger, all that proves is you have terrible taste in movies. Not that there is anything wrong with RT.

Jacob • on Jun 16, 2017 4:22 pm

… And great for consumers.

Jack • on Jun 16, 2017 7:04 pm

RT is just an aggregator. People not understanding that is what is bad for the industry. Spend more time getting people to understand it is a percentage of POSITIVE reviews, not the overall score of those reviews. If anything, RT is great for the industry. It helps boost even so-so movies that somehow squeeze out positive scores.

jedijones77 • on Jun 16, 2017 8:21 pm

Rotten Tomatoes is nothing but extreme leftists rating movies on a “social justice” scale. When a system gives a positive review to Girlbusters, it’s a broken system. Audiences despised that film.

NO movie should be given preview screenings for “critics” anymore. If reviews are important to somebody, let them wait until the second weekend to see the movie.

A better system should be devised for rating movies that isn’t based on letting a handful of elitist, far-left journalists dictate the tastes of an entire country. We need a much better algorithm of the kind that are used for dating sites and shopping sites. The more info a user puts in, the better the site will identify what movie they will like. It will be able to match users with similar tastes and recommend films to one user which another similar user liked. The elitist Rotten Tomatoes needs to go the way of the dodo and fast.

• on Jun 16, 2017 9:15 pm

Damn, are you still here spouting your insane conspiracy theories about RT in an attempt to justify your pathological, misogynistic hatred for GHOSTbusters? Perhaps it escaped your notice that the film got an audience score of 53%, which means half the audience liked it.

You are what the elitist Left call a “Useful Idiot”. You play your hemogenous drone role well. You are so endrenched in your socialistic culture you don’t know what “Truth” is. You lefties have the numbers because most of society is simple-minded. Make no mistakes Big Mouth, you people ARE the Establishment. It’s easy to talk big when you have the entire World backing you. By yourself I’m sure you’re a coward. I’m not

Comic book mind • on Jun 18, 2017 9:42 am

Alex Jones? Is that you? If so, your performance art piece of deranged conspiracy theorists is a shown for the ages.

TyroneQuatrell616 • on Jun 18, 2017 12:44 pm

I hear your complaints, definitely a ton of critics bring an ideological bent to their reviews that become obnoxious and useless to people who just want to know if it’s a good movie.

The other big problem is that many reviewers are basically fanboy nerds who just geek out about superficial stuff that strokes their nerd fancies, and who are not able to properly analyze a film for plot, themes, acting, directing, etc. This leads to many mediocre tentpole movies getting padded scores because lots of reviewers are soft touches.

As you say, a truly useful aggregator site would be one that lets you see reactions from others with tastes similar to you, and filter out people you know have useless opinions.

Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 18, 2017 4:43 pm

I smell Poe’s Law.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:44 am

Fail. There are plenty of movies you would consider “leftist” that have terrible reviews as well as ones with the opposite point of view with positive ones.

And it’s hilarious you point to Ghostbusters as an example then insist critics are “elitist”. That complaint would make sense if critics only liked obscure art films but how are positive reviews for mainstream blockbusters “elitist”? Go back to drudge, buddy.

Mike • on Jun 17, 2017 3:45 am

You do know that Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t write reviews, right? All they do is put the reviews in one place and actually make things easier for the consumer. What’s bad for the movie business is the same thing that has plagued it since the beginning….bad movies.

Don’t make bad movies, don’t get bad reviews.

Fred • on Jun 17, 2017 3:41 pm

Very well said, people get mad at RT when their heavily anticipated films get bad reviews and blame that site. Don’t blame them, blame the sorry ass movie makers that make these lame films and blame the dumb studios for hiring those crappy filmmakers. As a studio you should demand quality and not settle for mediocrity, do that and you won’t have as much garbage produced plain and simple.

Ted • on Jun 16, 2017 10:21 am

Disney is becoming Home for mediocrity. First it was only marvel. But now it is expanded to Pixar, star wars and Disney live action remakes. The only division currently unaffected is Disney animation. It’s like they never even try.
Inside Out is the only truly great Pixar movie that came out after Toy story 3. Now a 62% rotten tomatoes is considered good. Pixar is living by the fame of their glory days. If they continue with this mediocrity, the glory days will soon be forgotten and they will be in trouble.

Joe • on Jun 16, 2017 10:36 am

Yes because no one wants to see Coco or The Incredibles 2 – two of the most anticipated animated films in years!!

Ted • on Jun 16, 2017 11:24 am

Yeah, like the good dinosaur was most anticipated. And after the incredibles 2 the only movie from Pixar glorious days with possibility of a sequel or prequel will be Up.

• on Jun 16, 2017 12:18 pm

I find Warner Bros to be the far more pedestrian movie studio. They also have the most brainwashed fools on the planet for their fandom. I don’t trust anybody who champions WB because I know they’re a pathological liar at heart

Pedro • on Jun 17, 2017 2:07 pm

Warner Bros still makes director driven adult films. You may hate DC Films, but give WB itself for making more than just safe blockbusters.

EJP • on Jun 16, 2017 1:03 pm

Something went horribly wrong with The Good Dinosaur. At the 2015 D23 Expo they showed bits of the movie that had beautiful scenes of different dinosaurs farming. That entire story line was dropped.

Witness • on Jun 17, 2017 3:05 am

Where have you seen any tracking for Coco yet? It looks to be a very bland, region specific story and style that was already done three years ago by The Book of Life. Interest in Incredibles 2 is high, but only due to the original.

Anonymous • on Jun 19, 2017 7:48 am

Don’t you realize the only marketing angle for ANY sequel, v2, continuing franchise is… Building anticipation?

There’s no fresh story as they need continuity, the characters needs to stay within bounds, and audiences curiosities are flat and audiences have expectations. Hence, anticipation is a hype tool.

Entity • on Jun 16, 2017 10:48 am

Well I guess that’s it then guys. Being the most succesful studio with some of the most beloved and succesful movie franchises of all time isn’t good enough for some random guy named Ted. Time to pack it up and try again. #sarcasm

Ted • on Jun 16, 2017 11:46 am

box office has little to do with quality. For every The Dark Knight, lord of the rings and zootopia. There is transformers,the hobbit and minions.

• on Jun 16, 2017 12:20 pm

Now you DEFINITELY have lost all credibility, Teddy

Entity • on Jun 16, 2017 12:37 pm

So? People love the MCU. People love Star Wars. People love Pixar. And I’m not just talking about box office. The last few MCU movies have RT scores in the 80s or 90s. So do the last few Star Wars movies. Just last year Finding Dory got 94% on RT. And before you say RT doesn’t matter(you probably shouldn’t since you used it to justify your own comment), audience scores (cinemascore and social media response) have also been great.

Clearly they’re making quality movies. You might think they’re not that good, and that’s fine, but that doesn’t make them bad movies. There’s other people on this planet who might not agree with you, you know.

Ted • on Jun 17, 2017 6:33 am

You claim people’s love this franchises and your bring rotten tomatoes scores. When does rotten tomatoes start representing the people. At least give me how this movies that people ‘liked’ legged out.
And people love star wars because of the originals. Even the prequels are now considered good after jj abrhams garbage.

Entity • on Jun 17, 2017 12:08 pm

Ted, you’re not even making a point anymore. (And your english is horrible. Look up some grammar lessons)

You’re saying rotten tomatoes scores don’t matter, while you used them yourself to make your own point. You’re being hypocritical. You’re being inconsistent. You make no sense.

All you do is make baseless claims without any sort of evidence or logic to back them up. You seem to have problems understanding the most basic logic and you’re too narcistictic to believe that something you don’t like can still be good. Maybe you should try finishing elementary school before starting arguments about things you have no clue about with people much more knowledgable than yourself.

If you can’t come up with a half decent response, please just don’t respond at all. All you’re doing at this point is making yourself look like a fool.

• on Jun 17, 2017 4:01 pm

Ted,
You claim people did not like the new Star Wars movies but The Force Awakens had nearly a 3.8 multiple after setting the opening weekend record. Bad movies do not do that; bad movies do not make over 900 million domestic. You may not have liked it; everyone has their own opinion; but you are in the minority.

Fred • on Jun 17, 2017 6:22 pm

Yeah that 3.8 multiplier “Force Awakens” had after opening to a record breaking 247 million is insane and ridiculously impressive. There is not one nutcase that’s going to have a leg to stand on trying to argue or debate it’s success, it’s absolutely impossible to do so, I don’t care how much you hated the movie. It’s been plenty of movies I didn’t like that we’re big blockbusters, but I have enough common sense to know better and dare to turn my nose up at their success. I’m still scratching my head at 900-plus million domestic, are you kidding me haha.

Ted • on Jun 18, 2017 6:59 am

Box office and quality are different things. The box office total of SW7 is great. But the movie was uninspired, dull and note by note remake of a new hope.
The leg is due to it’s Christmas release and fans anticipation.

Pedro • on Jun 18, 2017 2:28 pm

Anticipation can give you a massive opening weekend. Never legs. Legs are result of great word of mouth and repeat viewing, both signs audiences loved a film. See how BvS opened big, but fizzled. In spite of a record-breaking opening, The Force Awakens had incredible holds week after week.

Entity • on Jun 18, 2017 2:30 pm

Opinions and quality are different things. Anticipation gives movies high opening weekends, not good legs.

The Force Awakens has the best legs for any movie that opened to 100M+ ever. That is impossible to achieve for a movie that isn’t loved by the audience.

The more you argue with these things, the more ridiculous it becomes. You just need to accept that it’s a very beloved movie, that you personally didn’t like. Your opinion isn’t the law. Get over yourself.

Ted • on Jun 19, 2017 5:28 am

@Pedro,@entity you are right about anticipation mostly helps the opening weekend. But star wars 7 was an exception. The biggest presale days for SW7 were Thursday,Friday and Christmas day (the 2nd Friday). So that’s why the 2nd weekend hold for SW7 has been great. The following weekends not so much.
Finally, I guess some people are satisfied with mediocrity and some people need much more than unimaginative remake to get satisfied.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:48 am

TLDR: Ted has blind hatred for anything Disney/Marvel/Pixar/Star Wars. Who cares about reviews, box office, audience reaction, even legs (TFA had almost 4x multiplier), all that matters is that Ted thinks it’s all mediocre.

Entity • on Jun 19, 2017 4:27 pm

Here you go again: “I guess some people are satisfied with blablabla”…

They’re called opinions. Get off your high horse. Having a different taste in movies doesn’t make you superior to others.

Some people seem to actually believe that their different tastes in movies are a result of their incredibly imaginative and smart minds or something. Acting all superior because they have different taste in movies. I think most of those people are probably full of themselves, they look down upon others. They’re narcissists. Unpleasant people who always put themselves first in life.

Well, I can tell you that there’s some incredibly smart people who love “dumb” movies, as well as some very dumb people who love “smart” movies.

Sammy. • on Jun 16, 2017 11:15 am

Disney has its share of good and bad, but since every other studio is producing mediocre movies just now as well, there’s no particular reason to single them out.

milo • on Jun 16, 2017 1:00 pm

Yeah, I don’t get the whole attitude of studios as competing teams. Disney has done some great stuff and some awful stuff, same goes for every other studio.

And nobody expected anything from Cars. The first two were bad and this is obviously just a money grab. But it’s silly to pretend they only make bad movies, or they’re the only studio that puts out a bad sequel.

• on Jun 18, 2017 3:54 am

Movies are a lot worse than mediocre right now. They are just awful–unwatchable. Have you seen Baywatch?

Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 18, 2017 4:49 pm

I have not seen Baywatch, nor do I plan to. But I have seen Wonder Woman three times already and plan on going again. So there is that.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:38 am

Every year there are a few great and good movies and lots of bad ones. People just don’t remember most of the bad ones from years ago.

Danve • on Jun 16, 2017 12:42 pm

“First it was only Marvel”

We’re not going to let that comment slide, DC drone.

Marvel has been anything BUT mediocre. So please don’t even try to let that little “off the cuff” passive aggressive jab pass for fact. It doesn’t. As such, your comment has no credibility.

Based on your track record, you seem like the kind of person who needs the last word on things, so feel free.

jedijones77 • on Jun 16, 2017 8:33 pm

Marvel has been worse than mediocre. Thor 2, Iron Man 3 and Avengers 2 are some of the worst superhero movies ever made. Their stories are becoming more pointless and mediocre on average with each passing year. And they have now put their stamp of approval on the worst version of Spider-Man to ever hit the screen.

• on Jun 17, 2017 12:28 am

You’re too stupid to know how dumb you are. We get it–you’re a DC Nutjob. You’ve proven Countless times over. Now Shut the hell up until you actually have something valid to say. You are a perfect example of a typical whiny-ass Nutjob

Delfra • on Jun 17, 2017 1:12 am

Dude shut the hell up. How would you know it’s the worse version of Spider-Man, maybe it is and maybe it’s not. But don’t you think you need to see the DAMN movie first before you say something is the worse ever, until you do shut your damn pie hole and wait to see the movie like everyone else before judging it’s quality. SMDH.

Matija Juric • on Jun 16, 2017 2:18 pm

w8 w8 w8..you are on to something here…but there is something cooking underneath the skin of frozen, zootopia, moana, civil war, beauty and the beast..its progressive sacred individualism…as opposed to complacency and conformity

• on Jun 17, 2017 8:04 am

Disney actually improved Star Wars from where Lucas had it.

lsb • on Jun 18, 2017 3:17 pm

Bitch all you want about Disney, Their films do one main thing, drive MERCHANDISE a film doesn’t have to be good it just has to sell merchandise and drive Theme Park and Cruise ship attendance. Cars have racked up 10 billion$$$$ in merchandise sales. Who the hell cares about a film. Remember this, Disney isn’t Warner Brothers or Sony.

HMP2k • on Jun 18, 2017 4:17 pm

Merchandise, ok…but at the now-glacial pace Disney has when building new attractions or gutting classics for crappy overlays, they aren’t taking very good advantage of their box office success in the parks (especially Florida). Hell they still haven’t topped Spider-Man at Islands of Adventure, and that opened over 15 years ago.

HMP2k • on Jun 18, 2017 4:23 pm

HOWEVER, modern theme park audiences are so dense, so phone-obsessed and have the attention span and taste of lobotomized gnats, so they are more than happy to pony up huge money for a bunch of selfie opportunities at these cheapjack “meet-n-greets” that Disney has ramped up at the parks. These people don’t even want in depth rides anymore.

Anton Forrest • on Jun 16, 2017 11:32 am

My wife and I saw Rough Night last night and we laughed our asses off. I absolutely loved it. Almost as much as I loved the first Hangover. She liked it, but also said there was some slow points and that she wasn’t quite sure what the hell she was watching at some other points. Still, we had a great time. I hope it does well, because I think it was very well done.

movie fan • on Jun 16, 2017 12:16 pm

Dear studio plant, Rough Night is bombing…you’re welcome.

Eric • on Jun 16, 2017 2:42 pm

I saw it last night and thought the screenplay was very clever. I would definitely recommend the film, it’s not the best but it’s better than a lot of other R rated comedies.

Not a studio plant.

CHILI DIP • on Jun 16, 2017 3:44 pm

Years ago I saw ‘Very Bad Things’ and wasn’t crazy about it. I am gonna assume (by watching the trailer) that this one is the exact same movie, only with girls in the lead roles. These are exciting times!

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 7:39 am

CHILI DIP, that’s what I thought too when I heard about Rough Night.

Nelly • on Jun 16, 2017 5:32 pm

Rough Night looks unfunny trash that’s why it’s bombing at the box office right now. When was the last time Sony made a good movie?

Juan • on Jun 20, 2017 3:57 am

Also, notorious whitewasher Scarlett Johansson flopped. 2nd big flop in a row for her after the disaster of Ghost in the Shell…she’s done.

• on Jun 16, 2017 12:05 pm

In foreign news, WW officially passed $500 with yesterday’s take and it looks more and more like 350-375 is a given here with 700 the number globally. None too shabby for the (G)al’s first time out.

Covenant opened with 11M on it’s 1st day in China, probably going to make around 30 for the weekend and probably looking at 60 or so total from there which bumps it’s haul up 240-250 total when it finally opens in Japan, always a strong market. Seems like 300 isn’t there but with perhaps a 250-75 total on a very reasonable budget. That would be more than enough to justify the next installment which Scott says he has written already. So, whether people want it or not, Awakening is coming.

movie fan • on Jun 16, 2017 12:17 pm

no it wouldn’t..your math skills need polishing

• on Jun 16, 2017 4:00 pm

Covenant is at 180. Add 60 or so to it from China and whatever it makes the last few weeks of its run here and abroad, that’s between 240-250, as I said. My math is fine. You obviously need to refine yours.

Ronnie • on Jun 16, 2017 8:54 pm

Profit wise.

• on Jun 16, 2017 10:57 pm

No one ever knows what the profit of a film will be until everything is all said and done. Remember that home video sales and streaming also add to such. Someone said a film now needs to make triple the budget to make a profit, that’s insane thinking. Amazing Spider-Man 2 probably cost almost 300 to make when all was said and done, no one really knows the final number, yet with only 700 made worldwide it still edged out a profit of 70M. So, while it won’t be huge it will most likely make enough for Fox to allow Scott to continue with Awakening. The entire point was simply to show how movies that people consider total failures, when all is said and done, actually can be profitable and lead to further chapters. It usually take a total failure, such as the last Divergent film, to kill something completely. Heck, Godzilla only made a 50 million dollar profit and they have an entire universe planned around him with at least 2 films already in production.

Danve • on Jun 16, 2017 12:49 pm

It’s 2017. A movie needs to do more than double its budget to break even, and a high-profile franchise release has to do even better. Alien cost $97M+. It needs to do around $300 globally to even sniff breaking even.

Of course, the fact that covenant bombed so comically hard doesn’t preclude the fact that we might get another film… but your last comment is so very telling:

“Whether people want it or not”

No one wants another Alien film. No one. They need to let the franchise die for a while.

• on Jun 16, 2017 11:24 pm

Unless the budget and advertising is crazy, no film should need triple the budget just to break even. Ex Machina is the first film that A24 released that everyone said showed that it really could be profitable. Using that logic it actually would have lost more money than it cost to make and A24 would be belly up instead of having the best picture of the year.

Pedro • on Jun 17, 2017 11:50 am

Blockbuster films usually have worldwide P&A costs anywhere between 80 and 180 million. It usually matches the budget. You also seem to ignore studios don’t keep all the box-office. They share it with theatres. It’s around 60% in the US, 40 in foreign countries and only 25% in China.

Your example is an speciality release, which works very differently and has much lower P&A but, most films like Ex-Machina lose money at cinemas. They make profit in streaming, licensing rights and physical copies.

HMP2k • on Jun 18, 2017 4:29 pm

I will grant that I am not in the business but I will never understand how these soulless CGI nightmares (that often have far less convincing effects than even the first Jurassic Park) now cost 200-300 million to make. It’s utterly absurd.

milo • on Jun 16, 2017 1:03 pm

Alien cost 97M which is reasonable but not low enough for it to break even based on what it looks to end up with. China helps but it will probably be frontloaded there as well.

OM Logan • on Jun 16, 2017 1:08 pm

Imagine Gv2’s BO if absurd Planet Ego wins instead. At the very least, FOX should’ve told Scott to move the David reveal ending to the end of the credits so most of the audience goes home feeling good. Go to credits after the android tucks her in for hyper sleep following the exciting & heroic girl-power battle.
The worst thing about the ending is that Scott abruptly ends the good vs evil AI/android fight to set it up. Last we see good is better designed for it so the only way David can win is help from morphs. We never see that.
Clearly most critics don’t need a good triumphs over evil ending.
I get that it’s thought provoking. Hawking & other physicists are saying we have to colonize space in the next 100 yrs or risk extinction. No amount of green policies will change that. Poor QA seems to be ever present in the news. Odds of a David arising then are high. Still, that’s a high BO risk story better left for the $50M or under budget class.

jedijones77 • on Jun 16, 2017 8:30 pm

LOL, what “reveal?” Every single person in the audience knew that ending was coming. It was only the fim’s characters who were too stupid to see the obvious. They made a big mistake building the whole conclusion around a non-surprise surprise.

movie fan • on Jun 16, 2017 12:21 pm

RT is GREAT for the industry… I know when to wait for a rental. If WW landed under 65% I would have sat out, but 93% made me see it opening weekend..was it as great as the 93% ..not really, more like 80ish, but not a turd like Suicide Squad and BvS

Danve • on Jun 16, 2017 12:50 pm

It’s nice when someone has a brain in these comment sections. Kudos, sir.

BDTiger07 • on Jun 17, 2017 1:31 am

Ghostbusters (2016) also has a certified fresh rating (73%). It is a great movie. Right?

movie fan • on Jun 17, 2017 10:40 am

73% is a mediocre score and it’s a mediocre film..not a total abomination as I found myself laughing at Chris Hemsworth so I say 65-73 range is about right..nothing special, but not a BvS debacle. and for the record “GET OUT” deserves it’s high RT score..so for the most part I do TRUST RT scores and it helps me save time and money.

BDTiger07 • on Jun 17, 2017 11:17 am

73% is a good movie score. And, Yes, you can trust RT for judging a movie whether it is good or bad. But you also loose your brain functionality gradually (which is apparent from your comments.)

• on Jun 17, 2017 5:03 pm

73% is not mediocre. In fact anything 70 and above is “certified fresh” meaning the film is definitely a good film according to the way they do it. Yet, you had two highly rated films that were totally rejected by audiences in just the past 4 weeks, while almost everyone who went to Pirates enjoyed it quite a lot while it got horrid reviews. There is never a right or wrong view of a movie. For every negative review of SS there were 10 people who really enjoyed it. For every great review of Get Out there were 10 who thought the movie totally overrated. Count me as and my group of friends who love horror films and found it to be extremely lame, unfrightening and unoriginal. Brain transplants to make super humans-black bodies with white brains, really? At least the brain washing element had some basis in reality you could understand. We all felt teally taken by it. Anyway, people who only rely on RT really have no taste or opinion of their own then and basically are just parroting whatever the critics tell them to. Why even bother to go at that point?

bb • on Jun 16, 2017 1:02 pm

An all black cast movie over performs again. I guess when a movie is made for a demographic that gets maybe one or two movies a year it should surprise no one. Every year, an all black cast movie makes way more than everyone thought. 2009 Notorious made 20.4 million in just 1600 theaters & dropped off a cliff the next weekend. All Eyez on Me we have a 70+plus percent drop next week but it won’t matter.

dano48 • on Jun 17, 2017 7:56 am

That’s a good thing. The market decides what viewers want to see. My question is, if the market for all black cast films is a sure fire money maker, why haven’t rich African Americans stepped in the void the major studios have created? Yes I know some do, like Tyler Perry. However, if there’s a genuine desire for more movies, why hasn’t it been met? Sounds like an opportunity for mega rich Oprah, Sean Combs, Jay Z, Robert Johnson, Sheila Johnson, etc. to ramp up production of movies in that genre and corner the market.

Pedro • on Jun 17, 2017 11:51 am

Do you have any idea how many black films Oprah has produced? In fact, most of the Black films released have a Black person championing it, like Lee Daniels or Ice Cube.

• on Jun 17, 2017 1:36 pm

Your asking why they don’t make more black films more often. The reason is that every so often, an all black film comes along that African Americans will get behind. They’ll go out and actually see it because it speaks to them in some way. If they saturate the market with these films, African Americans won’t care as much. You’ll see a drop off real fast.

BDTiger07 • on Jun 16, 2017 1:58 pm

Who would have thought that All Eyez On Me would destroy wonder woman. It further proves that only feminists liked Wonder Woman, failed to achieve wider audience. WW is also having trouble to have success in international markets.

reality check • on Jun 16, 2017 9:55 pm

1. No one would have thought it, because it hasn’t happened. ALL EYEZ is doing about the same in its first weekend as WONDER WOMAN is in its third. 2. WW has achieved the third widest audience of any 2017 film after only two weeks. 3. It’s doing just fine internationally too, with a few major territories yet to open, and will pass $500m ww by Monday.

Ted • on Jun 16, 2017 10:12 pm

every sentence of your comment is wrong. What is your problem? I don’t think someone could be this stupid. But people amaze you every time.

Actually, I’ve really enjoyed most of the Marvel movies and thought BvS and SUICIDE SQUAD were lame. But keep thinking I’m a “DC Nutjob” if it makes you feel better. Sorry if I’m confusing you by stating facts.

P.S. WW now looks to be well ahead of ALL EYEZ this weekend.

Alice • on Jun 17, 2017 11:48 pm

Yes, you’re a delusional idiot who calls people who defend wonder woman dc nutjobs. Also, you think your delusional ranting is the “truth?”. Why don’t you post comments with your real name you coward.

• on Jun 18, 2017 8:43 am

Nobody’s targeting Wonder Woman fans. I realize you have a short memory & a sensitive demeanor but that statement goes back to more than a decade of bad behavior. Next time either understand the situation or don’t comment about it

Don't Mind Me Now • on Jun 16, 2017 10:36 pm

This isn’t Breitbart, buddy.

Alice • on Jun 17, 2017 11:10 am

All eyez on me is going to make less than wonder woman. Wonder woman wouldn’t make $300 million plus domestically if only feminists watched it. But I guess it’s pointless arguing with delusional morons.

ETL • on Jun 17, 2017 6:36 pm

WW is currently the #3 film of the year, outpacing MoS right now and will be outpacing SS after this weekend. It’s rapidly gaining on BvS to the tune of 3-4 million a day.

Which, what with all this talk about Ghostbusters (still?) and WW being a failure, makes me wonder if the Drudge and Breitbart trolls are back?

• on Jun 18, 2017 3:21 am

I very seldom agree with “reality check” but your an idiot if you think WW is not finding a wide audience. This is the shot in the arm DC/WB needed for sure. It’s headed for a $400 million plus total here in the states and will get very close to a billion worldwide. A minus 32% hold in its 3rd week is insane and if you think that’s bad news for the movie then your insane too.

Fred Brooks • on Jun 18, 2017 7:29 pm

Wonder Woman is not getting to 400 Million domestic man and definitely not close to 1 billion worldwide, it would have need to be a lot higher than 572 million worldwide by now to do that. I think 350 million domestic is a realistic number and 750 million worldwide, perhaps a little more possibly.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:29 am

I don’t know about a billion but 400M domestic is absolutely a possibility. Guru is saying 370 but the way it has been holding I really think that’s low. If it keeps holding up like this I think soon we’re going to be talking about even higher numbers.

WW is absolutely a hit at this point and clearly is reaching all four quadrants. In fact it has had a more even gender balance than virtually every other superhero movie, by your logic all those movies appealed to mostly fanboys and failed to reach a wider audience. But his comment isn’t based on logic, “tiger” is just a troll with an axe to grind.

Fred • on Jun 19, 2017 8:26 am

Dude don’t try to put words in my mouth and assume i’m being a troll because i’m not. I said it has no chance of reaching 1 billion which I doesn’t, I also said I don’t think it will reach 400 million domestic. You fail to understand something. from every week on out it’s going to be a new blockbuster film opening man. This upcoming Friday Transformers opens, the week after that “Despicable Me 3”, the week after that “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and the week after that “War Of The Planet Of The Apes”. Now if you think WW will survive that onslaught of upcoming films and cruise to 400 million domestic you’re delusional. I can see 350-360M domestic and probably 750-800 million worldwide, so it’s big success. Just because someone doesn’t agree with you on bigger numbers you’re predicting doesn’t make them a troll. Hell I would love to see WW get to 400M domestic, I just don’t think it’s going to happen with all these upcoming blockbusters. Each week it will lose more screens to other big films releasing, that’s just the nature of the beast and your numbers begin to decline, you realize that don’t you. It happens to all films, no matter how good a film’s legs are and WW is no exception to that reality. It’s going to continue to make more money now without a doubt, I guess I just see it a little differently from you.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 3:35 pm

The second paragraph was in response to BDTiger07. I didn’t make that clear and I apologize for making it sound like I was calling you a troll.

There are big releases upcoming but yes I do think there’s a possibility of 400. Not a certainty but definitely a possibility. Time will tell.

Fred • on Jun 19, 2017 10:15 pm

It’s cool, no problem. 400M domestic is not impossible, I just don’t think it’s likely with so many big films on the horizon, there won’t be any breaks in big releases until late next month. If there we’re not so many big movie releasing I think WW’s chances of reaching 400 million domestic would certainly increase, but we’ll see, it might pleasant surprise and get there. The legs WW has displayed have been amazing so I certainly won’t say it has no chance. If WW continues to show strong legs it could end up giving GOTG2 a good run for it’s money as the second highest grossing domestic film of the year so far. The only film this year that’s truly out of domestic reach for WW is “Beauty And The Beast”.

Alboone • on Jun 16, 2017 2:11 pm

All Eyez On Me…major disappointment. Just an all around poorly made movie. A great performance by Shipp as Tupac keeps it from being an outright disaster, but dam is this a disappointment. I want John Singleton to make his version.

pirate7x • on Jun 18, 2017 11:47 pm

Umm no you don’t unless you’re a bit twisted. Please check out the interview with All Eyez On Me producer LT Hutton and Benny Boom on the Breakfast Club, it’s on YT.

They speak in detail about what ‘interpretations’ of Tupac’s life John Singleton had written into his version of the script for AEOM. Very disturbing…

Mike • on Jun 16, 2017 2:20 pm

47 Meters Down has bad reviews and I’m still definitely going to see it, because it looks incredible. And its poster is on point. Just so many things right about it, I can’t wait.

michael • on Jun 16, 2017 2:33 pm

47 METERS DOWN doing way better than expectations, when it was thisclose to going direct to video last year…never underestimate the power of a shark movie (see THE SHALLOWS).

Meanwhile, WONDER WOMAN will once again drop less than 50% despite CARS 3 competition. Maybe this will finally quiet the naysayers.

Linda • on Jun 16, 2017 11:14 pm

I would say This Is Us bringing Mandy Moore back in a huge way increases appeal for moviegoers too.

• on Jun 16, 2017 2:46 pm

ALL EYEZ ON ME !!! I’M GOING TO GO SEE TONIGHT ON My DAUGHTER’S 33rd BIRTHDAY.

Simple Truth • on Jun 16, 2017 3:10 pm

Not enough is being made of the fact that Open Road Films once held the rights to All Eyez on Me. Tom Ortenberg and his team failed to move this project forward because they lack vision and insight into what the marketplace demands. Now a lot of good ppl will have to look for work because that company has nothing but flops in the pipeline and AMC and Regal can’t sell it soon enough to get it off their books.

Vicente • on Jun 16, 2017 3:38 pm

The numbers for 47 Meters Down are unexpected tbh. The fact that it’s been online for a year and still doing solid numbers = a win for the studio. Great for Mandy and the rest of the cast 👏🏻

JaySmack • on Jun 16, 2017 7:36 pm

Cars 3 unseats Wonder Woman. And now a dead rapper is probably going to force her to Number 3, and after Transformers 5 debuts on Wednesday it will go lower still. From Number 1 to Number 5 (by next weekend). The “legs” got cut out from under this flick real fast now that there’s some competition. Be glad Alex Kurtzman gave WW that extra week of the box-office all to itself.
BTW when WW had 57Mil during it’s second weekend and The Mummy had 37Mil the puns were flying, have been for two weeks. Now that the numbers are flipped no one is making puns like Cars is making WW eat their dust?

Ronnie • on Jun 16, 2017 9:05 pm

Wonder Woman’s place at the box office does not indicate the film is losing its legs, there are just new releases. Its weekend drop off will still be -36% if it makes its $37 million tracking, which is great and will push the film past $270 million.
Transformers isn’t going to affect WW. And no one is making puns yet because as it stands Wonder Woman is still in the lead, tomorrow will be a different story.

reality check • on Jun 16, 2017 9:41 pm

“The ‘legs’ got cut out from under this flick real fast…” Sure, believe that if you must. In the real world, WW is looking at a third-weekend drop of 40% or less, which is unheard of for superhero movies or any kind of tentpole film. The reason no one’s making comments like they did about THE MUMMY is that THE MUMMY lost big time to WW in its first week, and it’s perfectly reasonable that WW in its third week would not do as well as another major film in its first.

navtej singh • on Jun 16, 2017 11:43 pm

good luck to all these movie in catching up with WW’s final domestic figure even transformers

Fred Brooks • on Jun 17, 2017 3:13 pm

None of them will. The only films left in the summer I can see surpassing this WW’s domestic take is “Despicable Me 3” and “Homecoming”, of course GOTG2 is the summer film with the domestic number to beat.

Don't Mind Me Now • on Jun 17, 2017 1:29 am

WW is about to have the biggest third weekend for a superhero movie since Age of Ultron. Bigger than Civil War, bigger than BvS. bigger than Suicide Squad, bigger than even the relatively leggy Guardians Vol. 2. All of those movies had bigger openings than WW. WW is still on track to top BvS and become the biggest DCEU movie stateside. It will drop some against Transformers but unless T5 is inexplicably beloved it won’t be a massive drop. After that it’s clear sailing until Spider-Man.

Turns out reality doesn’t gel with the Breitbart School of Box Office Analysis. (“Hyuck hyuck! Blunder Woman didn’t stay on top forever so that means it sucks and everyone hates it!”)

Alice • on Jun 17, 2017 11:24 am

Why do you fools continue trying to undermine wonder woman’s success? Are you really that intimidated about a female superhero being a success? Keep being salty.

• on Jun 17, 2017 5:20 pm

Not so much that as it is those hard core Marvel types who, while they say they don’t care about DC, will say and do anything to make the film seem poor. Basically the thing they claim only the DC nut jobs do.

CelluloidFan35mm • on Jun 18, 2017 4:57 pm

It doesn’t matter really. WW’s success will only fuel more superhero movies and the genre is overloaded to the point where the side characters are getting solo movies and it has gotten old a long time ago but the public will continue to buy into whatever the studios are selling without questioning anything.
I still can’t figure out why people are loosing their minds over yet another childish dime a dozen, assembly line superhero movie anyway.

Call me when some REAL movies come out.

• on Jun 17, 2017 11:34 pm

You’re an idiot. First, Wonder Woman has been holding better than most movies on their third week. Second, it was at the top two weekends in a row during a summer Blockbuster gauntlet. That’s pretty damn good in itself. Third, no movie is going to stay at the top forever, and when they finally go down, puns and silly titles will be assigned. It is not a sign of said film doing terrible. Lastly, you’re an idiot.

JohnCelis • on Jun 18, 2017 3:32 pm

Wonder Woman Slayed again at the box office you dingleberry. Now go tuck your tail behind your legs and have a nice crow sandwich for din din.

Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 18, 2017 5:02 pm

A high profile Disney movie only making $13 million more on it’s opening weekend compared to a movie on its third weekend is hardly anything to crow about.

J • on Jun 16, 2017 9:09 pm

Biggest loser this weekend: Open Road Films

michonne • on Jun 16, 2017 9:16 pm

LOL, what happened to ScarJo’s “boxoffice power”? Ghost in a Shell was a huge bomb and now Rough Night is tanking too. Two disasters in one year, no value outside of Marvel whatsoever. No surprise, cause her so-called power was based on just one movie (Lucy) which is now proven to have been a fluke. Also, her “Planned Parenthood”whining isn’t winning hearts either.

Linda • on Jun 16, 2017 11:19 pm

There’s absolutely no evidence that her public support for PP has contributed to the low numbers for her last couple of movies. Stop trying to politicize something that isn’t there. Also, Ghost was a flop but Rough Night isn’t going to be nearly the disappointment because of the tight budget.

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:07 am

Rough Night got beaten by a shark flick from a rookie studio. It’s a big disaster.

• on Jun 17, 2017 12:33 pm

I like Scarlett Johansson just fine but I was sold on that “Shark Flick” since the first time I saw the trailer. Personally I think it looks damned entertaining

Haz • on Jun 17, 2017 10:09 am

Considering Rough Nights budget and the fact it might not even break even and if it does it there won’t be much of a profit does not bode well for her. Shell flopped but Night being a smaller film and a summer release it should have made a decent profit. She’s not a proven box office draw plus the combination of bad reviews, over done story, and yes even politics can take its toll.

• on Jun 17, 2017 12:48 am

I notice that Christian Bale & Henry Cavill can’t open movies outside of DC either. Did you forget that or do you just like taking shots at Marvel? You know you’re doing the right thing when all the Idiots of the world try & pick at you like vultures on cadavers

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:10 am

And I notice that they aren’t in the bomb Rough Night so there’s no reason why I should mention them today. Also, I’m not taking shots at Marvel but at ridiculous overhype that SJ is a bone fide boxoffice draw after only 1 movie that she ever opened (and that looks like to have been the case of concept rather than star considering the one-two flops with GITS and RN). She’s not a draw and these bombs are a proof. Another star that looks like a movie star but doesn’t have the charisma and pull of a movie star. Good actress, though.

AT • on Jun 17, 2017 11:29 am

Not a lot of people can open films, but putting Bale in a sentence with Cavill is idiotic. Bale is consistently in pedigreed movies that find a good-sized audience (THE FIGHTER, THE BIG SHORT, AMERICAN HUSTLE, etc…) and has a brand of quality few actors have.

Alice • on Jun 17, 2017 11:33 am

Like all you fools who are uselessly trying to pick at wonder woman’s box office? She definitely must be doing something right.

• on Jun 17, 2017 12:28 pm

We get it. You love your Wonder Woman. I’m happy for you but it’s getting really old hearing about it in every comment you make. Btw, that comment was in no way aimed in Wonder Woman’s direction. Sensitive Much?

Alice • on Jun 17, 2017 11:59 pm

I’m not the one bringing up Henry Cavill and Christian Bale into a movie where neither of them appear in. You’re the sensitive one, thinking that Marvel is being attacked with that ScarJo comment.

• on Jun 17, 2017 1:28 pm

Actually Christian Bale has done pretty well. He’s won awards and been in some pretty good films.

Scarlett is talented. She just isn’t a boxoffice draw her PR prematurely made her out to be after Lucy. One movie isn’t enough to prove a drawing power.

michael • on Jun 17, 2017 1:30 pm

If you think Johansson is “talented” and a “good actress” then why are you so determined to trash her boxoffice drawing power? What’s the point?

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:28 pm

Because she has no drawing power yet is hyped as if she does. I’m merely pointing that out. That’s the problem with most Hollywood actors – they can’t open cause they are character actors essentially but because they look the beauty standard they are pushed for leading men and ladies despite a string of flops. Michael Fassbender is a prime example. ike, is there a bigger Flop Man than him right now? Also see Jessica Chastain, now Scarlett (Lucy shine was not going to last and it faded completely now). Another one in a freefall is Amy Shumer. She opened once and that’s gonna be it. Hollywood just loves to jump on “movie star” train after 1 opening before it’s even determined what really was the main factor.

BTW, nobody cares about Kate McKinnon. Interchangable with Shumer and just as unlikable. Not gonna happen as a star, ever.

michael • on Jun 18, 2017 12:17 pm

But again, if you like her as an actress, what do you care what her drawing power is? What horse do you have in that race? If you think she’s a good actress, don’t you want to see her in more films, as opposed to someone without talent who just happens to be the box office flavor of the moment?

And for that matter, can you name one actress in Johansson’s age range who is a “star,” i.e. guaranteed to open a movie regardless of quality or content? Bet you can’t do it.

Toon • on Jun 17, 2017 8:43 am

She isn’t “whining” about Planned Parenthood. She’s fighting the good fight.

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:14 am

Yeah, she was also fighting a good fight when she played a Japanese robot instead of a Japanese actress…oh wait! That’s Hollywood activism at its finest.

• on Jun 18, 2017 3:52 am

It is possible that her advocacy for planned Parenthood aligns with the killing of a man in her current movie. It may make some men think she is a good looking woman who does not like men very much. If she has not already done so, she should not make a movie where she plays a lesbian as that might finish her career.

ETL • on Jun 17, 2017 6:40 pm

It’s more like they aren’t very good movies.

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:32 pm

If bad movie is a problem then how come Adam Sandler had 2 decade long career at the top of the boxoffice? Unappealing concept + unappealing cast did RN in.

navtej singh • on Jun 16, 2017 11:51 pm

i think wonder woman is harming Rough Night it would have been a perfect counter programming like bad moms last year but ww’s over performance really hurt it. July end release date would have been more beneficial

• on Jun 17, 2017 1:05 am

All Eyez On Me would probably make more money if it were in more theaters.

LT • on Jun 17, 2017 5:15 pm

dumb dumb

pirate7x • on Jun 19, 2017 12:04 am

Of course but distributors never release Black-starring / oriented films in more than 3000 theaters unless Denzel / Will is starring. AEOM made $31 million on 2400 screens, how muc would it make on 3000? It would be #1 film of the week with about $45 million crushing w-underwoman and Cars.

Marvel’s Black Panther will likely get released in near / about 4000 screens and break records because it’s a comic flm supported by Disney / MCU. If it does too well, the numbers will be ‘adjusted’ so that Marvel will not feel obligated to support more diverse (i.e.: BLACK) superhero films. Or pay Black stars aaccordingly

47 meters down beat Rough night!?! Who would have thought?! Mandy Moore is really killing it since This Is Us. Hope she gets more projects wherein she doesnt whine incessantly after this solid one. Mandy this is not a cartoon. Were not relying on your voice work here. Lol.
47 meters down was streaming on Youtube same time last year under the title ‘in the deep’ yet it still made a fine showing at the tills. Thank you Weinsteins, Alexander Aja for casting Mandy and, Byron Allen for believing in the film after Dimension dumped it to straight to dvd status :)

Witness • on Jun 17, 2017 2:52 am

And like everyone predicted, “It Comes at Night” came and went. Horrible, boring movie.

Zipocrite (@Zipocrite) • on Jun 17, 2017 5:13 am

Scarlett Johansson is killing her own career, by not picking good films, and by signing on to do too many films. She has flooded the market with films, and not one of those movies, that she is the lead in, have been successes, and that has hurt her valuation. As well, her political views are costing her the support of half the country, meaning half of the available audience. Hollywood is not going to keep shelling out big paychecks to her, based upon, what is it, 3 flops in a row???

Eric • on Jun 17, 2017 10:22 am

Republicans only make up about 20-something percent of the country, 62 million who voted for Trump is not half of America, it is less than one fifth, and that includes a ton of old people who don’t really see movies in theaters. Most people do not know about her political views, and after she loudly praised Obama all through ’08 and ’12 Lucy still made over $460 million dollars worldwide in 2014 including 126 million in America. Only wingnuts actually sit out and boycott movies over makers’ political views, or see them based on politics alone, for that matter. When was the last time Vince Vaughn made a hit, even after being a prominent conservative?

There are no movies carried by stars anymore, at least not in America. Look at The Mummy or Pirates. Marketing and quality on Johansson’s recent films were bad, and that is the only plausible explanation for them being financially unsuccessful.

Additionally, she only has had 2 flops in a row, her only leading non-Marvel film before Ghost in the Shell being Lucy. Sing was a huge hit, as was The Jungle Book.

• on Jun 17, 2017 5:28 pm

Normally I don’t like talking politics, but you don’t know anything if you think only 20 or so percent of the country is Republican. The majority of governors and state legislatures are Republican. The House and Senate both Republican controlled. That doesn’t happen if only 20% of the country is such.

Linda • on Jun 17, 2017 11:36 pm

About 62% of America is registered to vote as of last year (200m out of 321m). Pew reports that about 44% of registered voters are Republican. That’s 27% of America.

JohnCelis • on Jun 18, 2017 3:41 pm

Oh shut up will you? You have NO CLUE! None, I was a democrat who jumped clearly to the other side because of people like you. I don’t like movie stars feeding their politics down my throat therefore I choose not to support their films. Easy Peasy. I am 27 years old and am very aware of what’s going on. Get more in touch with America instead of coming up with facts in your delusional head buddy. Watch and see how much thesr outspoken stars films / projects will make. We have a long NOT TO SUPPORT list.

Delfra • on Jun 21, 2017 6:21 am

Not one you say, well “Lucy” was successful, I guess you forgot about that one sport.

• on Jun 17, 2017 5:19 am

Why all DC movie​s climax happens in night?

michonne • on Jun 17, 2017 10:42 pm

They run out of budget by that time, have to hide shoddy SFX in the darkness.

• on Jun 17, 2017 11:48 pm

Man of Steel had no nighttime action sequences, let alone a nighttime final battle. Which is a bit weird considering that Superman goes to the other side of the planet to destroy the terraformation device.

Red_Kal • on Jun 17, 2017 8:56 am

Honestly, at this point, I wonder if Wonder Woman can make it to $400 million? A 32% drop and $40 million third weekend is simply unheard of for a big tentpole film during the summer. It’s as good a hold as Spider-Man (2002) and only $5 million less as far as the third weekend gross. In fact, looking at Spider-Man, it’s probably the most comparable to how Wonder Woman is performing. Spider-Man after it’s $45 million third weekend had $285 million. Wonder Woman is only running about $10-$12 million behind and has the benefit of higher weekday grosses since it came out in June versus Spider-Man’s early May release.

milo • on Jun 19, 2017 7:37 am

400 is probably possible although not a sure thing. If it passes 403 WW will be the biggest superhero debut of all time. Right now at the very least it looks likely to pass Deadpool for number two.

kaustav77 • on Jun 17, 2017 9:18 am

40 million dollars in the third weekend after a 100 million dollar opening weekend? Most tentpoles have difficulty earning that on their second weekends after such a big opening. So happy for WW!